Still, their relationship is far from certain: as the Queen’s dresser, Skerrett (Hudson) is married to her job and cannot tie the knot with the Queen’s cook Francatelli (Ferdinand Kingsley) without being forced to leave the palace. A conundrum.

“We’re not going to give anything away, but [series creator] Daisy [Goodwin] can put a spanner in any spokes, can’t she?” Kingsley jokes at the Radio Times Covers Party. “Is that a phrase? A stick in some spokes?”

He adds: “She could ruin anything at any time. Anyone who’s happy can be sad within about five seconds, so all to play for.”

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“It’s up in the air,” Hudson tells us, cryptically. “They definitely love each other, that’s for sure. But they’re just figuring out what to do.”